Algeria Hostages

January 23, 2013 |Compiled by Chron.com

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks before press at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after a cabinet-level meeting to co-ordinate its response to hostage issues in Algeria on January 21, 2013. Suga said seven Japanese deaths had been confirmed in the Algerian hostage crisis, the first official confirmation from Tokyo that any of its nationals had died. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRES JAPAN OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images

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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks before press at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after a cabinet-level meeting to co-ordinate its response to hostage issues in Algeria on January 21, 2013. Suga said seven Japanese deaths had been confirmed in the Algerian hostage crisis, the first official confirmation from Tokyo that any of its nationals had died. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRES JAPAN OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images